n. An act or gesture of welcome, honor, or courteous recognition: a musical salute to the composer's 90th birthday.

n. The position of the hand or rifle or the bodily posture of a person saluting a military superior.

n. A formal military display of honor or greeting, such as the firing of cannon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A formal gesture done in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various particular positions.

n. Any action done for the purpose of honor or tribute .

v. To make a gesture in honor of someone or something.

v. To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude.

v. to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of saluting, or expressing kind wishes or respect; salutation; greeting.

n. A sign, token, or ceremony, expressing good will, compliment, or respect, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

n. A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc.

transitive v. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.

transitive v. Hence, to give a sign of good will; to compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow, etc.

transitive v. To honor, as some day, person, or nation, by a discharge of cannon or small arms, by dipping colors, by cheers, etc.

transitive v. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To wish health to; greet with expressions of respect, good will, affection, etc.

To greet with a kiss, a bow, a courtesy, the uncovering of the head, a clasp or a wave of the hand, or the like; especially, in older writers, to kiss.

To hail or greet with welcome, honor, homage, etc.; welcome; hail.

To honor formally or with ceremonious recognition, as by the firing of cannon, presenting arms, dipping the colors, etc.: as, to salute a general or an admiral; to salute the flag.

To touch; affect; influence; excite.

To perform a salutation; exchange greetings.

To perform a military salute.

n. An act of expressing kind wishes or respect; a salutation; a greeting.

n. A kiss.

n. In the army and navy, a compliment paid when a distinguished personage presents himself, when troops or squadrons meet, when officers are buried, or to celebrate an event or show respect to a flag, and on many other ceremonial occasions.

n. The position of the sword, rifle, hand, etc., in saluting; the attitude of a person saluting: as, to stand at the salute while the general is passing; specifically, in fencing, a formal greeting of swordsmen when about to engage.

n.Synonyms Greeting, etc. See salutation.

n. A gold coin current in the French dominions of Henry V. and Henry VI. of England, weighing about 54 grains.